Similarity to Cascade-Correlation

[Nici Schraudolph]

> From: INS_ATGE%JHUVMS.BITNET at VMA.CC.CMU.EDU
> 
> How does [White et al.'s] new work compare with the Cascade Correlation
> method developed by Fahlman [...]?

In practical terms, very badly.  Their algorithm's point is purely theore-
tical: they can prove convergence from only a very small base of assumptions
about the function to be learned.  Do any similar proofs exist for Cascade
Correlation?  That would be interesting.
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